Loading a pony in preparation for a tour
B&W photographic print. 'Pack ponies being loaded with covered carrying baskets. There were not many areas accessible by bridle paths in the Naga Hills, but when necessary the loads would be carried by porters recruited locally from the villages. A Gurkha soldier of the Assam Rifles is loading o...
| Date(s) of creation: |
1918-1923 |
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| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| URL: |
http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004509 |
| URL Description: |
Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Summary: |
B&W photographic print. 'Pack ponies being loaded with covered carrying baskets. There were not many areas accessible by bridle paths in the Naga Hills, but when necessary the loads would be carried by porters recruited locally from the villages. A Gurkha soldier of the Assam Rifles is loading one of the ponies. He wears his kukri at his belt - the equivalent of the Naga dao.' |
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| Main author: | Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist |
| Extent: |
1 photograph |
| Note: |
Gurkha soldiers Gurkhas Ponies Mules Pack mules Baskets India. Army. Assam Rifles Machetes |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by J.P. Mills |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Scripts: |
Unwritten |
| Physical description: |
9.5 x 7 cm |
| Copies: | Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections |
| Format: | Archive |